The Northsiders’ Group, formed in 2002 to provide geoscience professionals on the Northside of Houston, who are interested in hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation through the use of geologic, seismic, sub-surface and analogous methods, a convenient place to meet and exchange ideas. The group aims to provide members with current information on advancements by peers within the geosciences through technical talks given by experts in their respective fields. The group strives to support further work that contributes to a greater understanding of geology, as well as to contribute to the community by volunteer work through appropriate HGS committees. The Northsiders’ Luncheon is generously hosted by Southwestern Energy.
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| November 12, 2018 | Dynamic topography: how mantle convection generates accommodation space and leaves a trace in the geologic record. | Lorenzo Colli |
| January 15, 2019 | Identifying Geological Deformation Using High-Resolution Borehole Images in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin: Shale and Deformation Band Characterization | Wayne Xu |
| February 19, 2019 | An Integrated View of the Petrology, Sedimentology, and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Wolfcamp Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas | Michelle Thompson |
| March 19, 2019 | Applying New Technologies to Old Areas: Relative Geologic Time, Wheeler Diagrams and Near Field Exploration in Faulted Plays | Steve Tobias |
| April 16, 2019 | Integrated Inorganic and Organic Geochemistry Approach in the Petroleum Systems Analysis of Permian Shale Plays | Changrui Gong |
| May 14, 2019 | Topic to be announced | Dr. Jacob Covault |